Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

OF decoratlon-
Passementerie and peltry stand first
among wrap trimmings.
Cloth bonnets TO match the costume
are very stylish for street wear.
Braided felt is made TO initiate fancy
straw. 1t is fashionable and new.
Dotted tulles and colored blonde laces
are favorite fabrics for evening wear.
Miss Ellers, NJ D., receives $le, 600
for prescribing nice things for the queen
of Corea. tfs
Brown and white is still favorite-
combination particularly for little chill
dren's garments.
Rolled bands of fur instead Of fat are
the fashionable freak in trimming furs for
outer garments.
Belt clasps are oftener used than
buckles, they being more convenient and
quite as effective.
The newest lace pms are OF oxidized
silver, with mountings of antique, marine
and military subjects.
The use of soutache braid in two
widths is very effective and is seen on
costumes and garments.
Green velvet short wraps are made
with string sleeves and are as stylish as
anything in colored velvet.
A woman, Mrs. A. H. Holloway, has
been given q five years contract to clean
the streets of Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Mary B. Coleman is Register of
Deeds for Clay county, Ill. One of the
first women to hold such a place.
The tiny edge of ostrich feather ruch-
ing which is used on hats or bonnets is
becoming and makes a pretty face trim
ming.
Gobelin blue is still one of the most
attractive colors of the season and is
combined with almost any dark, rich
shade.
Miss Annie Whitney, the sculptor, has
won high praise for her bronze statue
of Left Erikson, recently unveiled in
Shirts of lace, sown lengthwise with
ribbon between, alternating with bands
of silk embroidery, are stylish world
without end.
Half-sleeves of silk or moire, longest
on the inside, are worn over full sleeves
of lace or close ones of velvet-and are
abnormally ugly.
Princesse gowns of two fabrics have
the fronts of the different materials, the
right tapping far over the left, which
shows as an under-waist.
Fancy stripes in velvets make very
pretty petticoats for young girls, and at
any age they may be worn this season,
for bright plaids and gay stripes rule the
day.
Except in jet, beads are giving place
in dress trimmings to metallic threads,
which are used for appliques or other
embroideries, either alone or mixed with
cord.
The serpent ring is most worn as the
; ancient symbol of eternity. A jewel in
the head does not harm the significance
.. and adds much to its effect. An emer
aid is effective.
, Shot stockings are shown to wear with
evening gowns. Some of these have
openw0rk stripes in relief, which rum
: from the foot to the ankle, then cross the
leg horizontally.
A Louisiana lady of aristocratic rear
ing, who was once famous for her wealth
.. and the number of her slaves, now earns
! few cents day by picking cotton on
} the plantation that was her own before
the war.
The parures and skirt decorations in
: artificial flowers are very elegant and be-
: coming, and are imported in variety of
!, beautiful trailing buds and blossoms, the
! jessamine being among the newest and
= most graceful.
! Silken fabrics weie never cheaper than
7 at present, and being light in weight and
= comparatively durable, it is little wonder
= if they continue to attract the majority,
9 particularly as this is fashionable sea-
y son for silk of all kinds.
! Passementerie in which there is a
u metal thread is very stylish and can be
\ made into very appropriate trimming
y for an outer jacket or dress trimming
e either. 1t comes in sets for vest, collar,
% and cuffs and sometimes revers.
y At church entertainment in Wash
= ington recently, boxes of luncheon were
{ sold to the young men, and in each box
Q was the card of some young woman who
!, I, was present. The purchasers were sup
"a "a posed not to know what names were in
a the boxes they bought, and each was ex.
10 pected to share his luncheon with the
4 girl whose name he found in the box:
70 One of the most prominent and beau
y, ttul society women of Chicago takes
u all the exercise she gets in her room
!; The major portion of this consists q
d 70 quick and graceful movements of limbs,
9. performed before fine large mirror
be each movement being repeated score o.
u times. until the whole series (ffteen) ha'
received due attention. Then sh'
.srests, = at which she is also an adept
and rises reinvigorated and refreshed.
ID In basques fancy has not merely rul
in riot, but gone to seed. They are of al
" conceivable shapes, sorts, sizes, color
g and combinations. Some have roun'
,e back, over which the draperies button
10 Others, the well-worn and venerable
Cd postillion, yet others leaves Of two 2
Y; even three materials overlapping eacl
81 other, while the fronts are even NOR
ne various. Three pleats each side the yes
e. narrowed to point at the waist line
en- new and stylish to degree, but an
Sn Sn combination of vest rever or lappin
81. front that the mind of woman can cor
ta- ceive is good and high fashion.
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